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"With so much attention to menopause and the accompanying symptoms as a normal
transition for women, thyroid disorders often go undiagnosed and untreated. Mary Shomon once again uses her extensive up-to-date knowledge of the latest research
and her first hand experience to come up with a timely and empowering book for women during this life stage."
~ Dr. Marie Savard, ABC Medical Contributor and Author of Ask Dr. Marie
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"The epidemic of menopause and thyroid-related issues is having major health consequences. Now, visionary advocate Mary Shomon has shed light on the menopause/thyroid connection to provide welcome relief for the millions of women who thought they were doing everything right."
~ Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., best-selling author of 30 books on health and including including The Fat Flush Plan
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"Stress, pollution, nutrition, and other factors have so depleted our hormones -- especially the thyroid -- that good health and hormonal balance is often impossible for women unless we're paying careful attention to the thyroid. I recommend Mary Shomon's "Menopause Thyroid Solution," because her book explains how the thyroid plays a role during perimenopause and menopause, and will help women not only recognize their thyroid symptoms, but get the diagnosis and proper treatment..."
~ Uzzi Reiss, MD, Ob-Gyn, Author of The Natural Superwoman, and Natural Hormone Balance for Women
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"Mary Shomon is amazing! By combining science and common sense, she has helped millions of women failed by our health care system to reclaim their health. Buy this book, and prepare to feel great!"
~ Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, author of From Fatigued to Fantastic
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"The Menopause Thyroid Solution is a must for any female who wants to fight fatigue, increase energy, maintain mental clarity, boost metabolic function and improve hormone balance."
~ Teresa Tapp, Exercise Physiologist, T-Tapp Founder, and Author of Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes
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"Once again, Mary Shomon is superb: crucial topics...accurate information...user friendly...an amazingly good book!"
~ Richard Shames, MD, Author of Thyroid Power
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"Once again, Mary Shomon has stepped up to the plate to make what can be a very confusing topic totally understandable. In her extremely clear writing style, Mary has beautifully explained how one can differentiate true menopause symptoms from those due to thyroid deficiency..."
~ Donna Hurlock, MD, Certified Menopause Clinician
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"Mary Shomon unravels the numerous underlying causes which connect symptoms of low thyroid function and menopause."
~ Viana Muller, PhD, South American medicinal plant expert, founder of Whole World Botanicals
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"As a psychologist who works with women suffering the symptoms often associated to menopause, I am very excited to explore ways of uncovering an undiagnosed thyroid problem...Hormone replacement therapy for women in menopause is big business...so big that the billions of dollars sold often eclipse looking for hidden thyroid problems...Mary Shomon has hit another thyroid home-run!"
~ Steven Gurgevich, PhD, Director of Mind-Body Clinic, University of Arizona College of Medicine, best-selling author of Self-Hypnosis Diet
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"I highly recommend Mary Shomon's "The Menopause Thyroid Solution. It is a must read for all those interested in women's thyroid and menopause issues."
~ David Brownstein, MD, Author of Iodine: Why You Need It,
Why You Can't Live Without It and Overcoming Thyroid Disorders
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"Mary Shomon has become one of the few experts I always feel confident about referring women to when it comes to menopause, thyroid problems and many other women's health issues. She's so thorough and her books are written in a down to earth, 'we're in this together' language..."
~ Dee Adams, Founder/Creator, "MinniePauz" website and cartoons
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Contact Mary Shomon
Nationally-known thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author of Menopause Thyroid Solution, The Thyroid Diet and Living Well With Hypothyroidism
 I'm Mary Shomon, and I'm a patient advocate, author, communications consultant, wife and mother who has transformed my own struggle with thyroid disease into an advocacy campaign on behalf of patients with chronic diseases such as thyroid disease, autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, among others.
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 1995, and now research and write about these conditions and their impact on health and weight. Since early 1997, I have served as founder and Guide for the award-winning About.com Thyroid website, and as editor of my popular patient thyroid news report, Sticking Out Our Necks.
Mary Shomon's Patient Advocacy Resources Bring Much-Needed Attention to Underdiagnosed and Often Overlooked Health Issues.
My desire to cut through medical jargon and deliver information to my fellow patients in a form they can understand resulted in my first health-related book, Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You . . . That You Need to Know, which was first published in 2000 by HarperCollins, and has been a best-seller, going to more than 20 printings before a 2nd Revised Edition was published in 2005. The book was a Prevention Book Club Selection, and Amazon Top-Selling health book, and its popularity launched a new series of consumer health books for publisher HarperCollins.
I am also author of the New York Times best-selling book The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss. (2004) "Thyroid Diet" was also a semi-finalist for the prestigious Quills Awards in 2005.
In addition to my 2009 release Menopause Thyroid Solution, I'm also author of Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough, Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism" (2005) Living Well With Autoimmune Disease"(2003) Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia," (2004) and the Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss" (2006).
My newsletter for thyroid patients, "Sticking Out Our Necks," was founded in 1997, and has become a popular resource for patients in both its email and print form.
I have served as the Guide for the popular About.com Thyroid site -- now part of the New York Times Company -- launching the site in early 1997, and managing the site and working as its sole researcher/writer since that time. That site, Thyroid.about.com, along with my advocacy site Thyroid-info.com, are the Internet's most popular and visited sites dedicated to thyroid disease.
I've been featured in hundreds of television, radio, newspaper, magazine and web interviews, including appearances on ABC World News Tonight and CBS Radio Networks, and interviews in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Health, Cooking Light, Elle Magazine, Woman's World, and the Los Angeles Times, to name just a few.
In my decade of consumer advocacy, I have never hesitated to take a stand on behalf of patients, and my independence from drug companies and medical/patient organizations that are funded by the pharmaceutical industry has allowed me to maintain an unbiased, truly patient-first advocacy effort.
My ability to communicate important health-related information reflects 20 years of experience designing social marketing, grassroots outreach, consumer marketing and public information campaigns while working in the social outreach, advertising and public relations industry -- designing campaigns for clients as diverse as furniture retailer IKEA, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Before I began writing in the health area, I also published several humor books. I co-authored the humor book, Scratching the Net: Web Sites for Cats published by Andrews McMeel in 1998, and wrote the Washington, DC bestseller, The Single Woman's Guide to the Available Men of Washington, published in 1993.
I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Do You Find Yourself Saying:
"I Wish I Knew Who to Call to
Help Answer My Thyroid Questions...NOW!?"
If you're worried about your health...about finding the right doctor...difficulty getting diagnosed...thyroid symptoms that aren't going away...where to find answers to hard questions about thyroid disease and your health, I have an option you should seriously consider.
Let's face it, most doctors don't have the time to brainstorm with us about what conventional and treatment approaches ideas to research, or where to go for the best thyroid treatment. How can you get the information you deserve?
I can help.
In a one-on-one telephone coaching consultation, we'll brainstorm your thyroid questions, and I'll share ideas and resources with you on where to get more help so you can feel and live well.
If you have just one or two questions, then we can have a 30-minute consultation. If you have a whole list of things to discuss, sessions are available for 60 minutes, 90 mintues, or we can schedule ongoing coaching. Just the two of us, on the phone, brainstorming practical -- even life-changing -- solutions to your health challenges.
You are invited to set up a phone consultation -- usually, I can schedule your session in the next 48 hours! -- to explore your thyroid questions, and map out a plan to help you enjoy better health.
You have important questions, and getting answers to those questions is a key step that can help you tackle your thyroid problems and improve your health.
One important reminder -- since I'm NOT a doctor, I cannot offer specific medical advice, interpret your medical tests, or provide medical counsel. But I can and will guide you to resources, experts, information sources and more that will help you feel better!
Don't hesitate!
Call now toll-free 1-888-810-9471 to book your phone appointment, or fill out the following form. (Note: This form is only for booking phone consultations. I get thousands of emails a week, and am unable to provide advice, personal responses, coaching or customized research by email.)
I look forward to speaking with you soon.
Book a Consultation
Members of the Media
 As an experienced spokesperson for patients, I can address the topics of thyroid disease, menopause, hormones, weight loss, metabolism, autoimmune diseases, patient empowerment, the Internet and health, for television, radio or print interviews. Members of the media can email me or call my publishing/publicity office at 1-888-810-9471. (Please note that unfortunately, time prevents me from being able to respond to non-media emails or calls.)
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"If it wasn't for your book, I probably would have kept suffering in silence and hoping someone someday would listen to me when I told
them something was wrong. You have helped me more through your books and your website than you could possibly know."
~ Lisa
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"I'm an RN, and I must say you have a better understanding of thyroid and/or related illness/conditions than any medical colleague I have conversed with. Thanks so much for your wisdom."
~ Lynn
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"Thanks for the education. I may have my master's degree but it is not in thyroid education!! You have given me the tools and resources to find my way through this confusing maze!"
~ Kara
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"Tears of joy are welling up in my eyes as I write this. You will never know or understand how grateful I am to you. You truly care about us thryoid patients who have been suffering for years and years due to misdiagnosis and lack of attention to symptoms. I appreciate all that you from the bottom of my heart."
~ Julie
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"I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to help me and all those others out there suffering have a better understanding of what is going on."
~ Jennifer
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"I'm sure you have heard this same story many times, but it was reassuring that someone like yourself is out there doing the research so the rest of us can live better, healthier lives."
~ Candy
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"Thank you so much for putting your energies into your thyroid work. It's amazing to find someone who can, and has, filtered through the information...and the mis-information. At the risk of being cliche, please keep up the great work!"
~ Connie
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"I'm so happy I decided to take matters into my own hands and wanted to let you know that I wouldn't be where I am today with out you, so thank you, thank you, thank you!!"
~ Evelyn
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